Title of Post: / Validation Manager (Operational Excellence)
Department: / Validation
Category / Description / Essential / Desirable / Assessment Method
Skills &
Abilities /
  • Proactive in ensuring you and the personnel (internal and external) operating under your remit comply with all applicable Environment, Health & Safety requirements.
/  / Validation Management Interview
  • Be committed to, and passionate about, providing a reliable and compliant service to meet and exceed the customer’s needs.
/  / Customer Interview
  • The ability to influence and promote positive behaviours and performance through leadership.
/  / Validation Management Interview
  • Ability to present publicly to senior management.
/  / Presentation
  • Communication (including the ability to understand, summarise and communicate complex issues) be it by phone, email, teleconference, face to face or presenting is a key skill for this role.
/  / Presentation
  • Capability to develop and manage a budget.
/  / Validation Management Interview
  • A desire to actively mentor and develop members of the team, to willingly share your skills, knowledge and experience.
/  / Validation Management Interview
  • Competent in the use of MS Office packages (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project and Word)
/  / Validation Management Interview
  • Advanced in the use of MS Office packages (i.e. Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS Project and Word)
/  / Validation Management Interview
Knowledge & Experience /
  • Validation experience is not required; in fact, experience in departments other than Validation is preferred
/  / CV
(pre-interview)
  • Significant experience within a parenteral (bio)pharmaceutical or blood products manufacturing environment (API and/or fill/finish).
/  / CV
(pre-interview)
  • Extensive experience of effectively deploying resources to meet dynamic and competing business priorities
/  / Validation Management Interview
  • Experience of effectively managing the performance (both good and bad) of your direct reports.
/  / Validation Management Interview
  • Experience of administering validation services with execution performed by the user group or other support function outside validation.
/  / Validation Management Interview
  • A good understanding of risk and science based tools and their practical application.
/  / Validation Management Interview
Training &
Education /
  • Degree level qualification, science or engineering discipline or equivalent.
/  / HR Confirmation
(pre-interview)
  • Recognised Management qualification
/  / HR Confirmation
(pre-interview)
  • Lean six sigma Green Belt qualification with significant practical experience of deploying lean tools in real life scenarios.
/  / HR Confirmation
(pre-interview)
Other Requirement /
  • Able to attend BPL site to perform the role.
/  / HR Interview
  • Able to work outside of core hours when required to meet business needs.
/  / HR Interview
  • Capable of entering classified manufacturing areas.
/  / HR Interview
  • Able to travel within the UK and overseas, as required, to support business needs.
/  / HR Interview